Entertainment History
On February 15th, 1941, Duke Ellington recorded "Take the A Train" with
his big band. It became the orchestra's theme song. In 1950, Disney
released the movie "Cinderella. In 1961, Jackie Wilson was shot twice
by Juanita Jones as he answered the door of his apartment in New York.
Jones had told police she had intended to kill herself if Wilson
rejected her. Wilson spent 21 days in a coma. In 1964, for the first
time one act had five songs on Billboard's Hot 100 list. It was The
Beatles, with "I Want To Hold Your Hand," 'I Saw Her Standing There,"
'She Loves You," 'Please, Please Me" and "My Bonnie. In 1965, singer
Nat "King" Cole died of lung cancer in Santa Monica, California. He was
46. In 1971, Pink Floyd released their "Dark Side of the Moon" album.
In 1981, blues guitarist Mike Bloomfield died in San Francisco of an
accidental drug overdose. Bloomfield was a veteran of the white blues
revival in the 1960s. In 1984, Broadway singer and actress Ethel Merman
died at the age of 76. In 2000, Darva Conger married Rick Rockwell on
the Fox TV show "Who Wants To Marry A Multimillionaire. Fox later
learned an ex-girlfriend accused Rockwell of hitting her, and Conger
asked for an annulment less than a week later. Today's Birthdays:
Actress Claire Bloom is 85. Songwriter Brian Holland
(Holland-Dozier-Holland) is 75. Drummer Mick Avory of The Kinks is 72.
Jazz saxophonist Henry Threadgill is 72. Actress Marisa Berenson
("Barry Lyndon") is 69. Actress Jane Seymour is 65. Singer Melissa
Manchester is 65. Actress Lynn Whitfield ("Madea's Family Reunion") is
63. Cartoonist Matt Groening ("The Simpsons") is 62. Model Janice
Dickinson is 61. Singer Ali Campbell (UB40) is 57. Actor Joseph R.
Gannascoli ("The Sopranos") is 57. Bassist Mikey Craig of Culture Club
is 56. Country singer Michael Reynolds of Pinmonkey is 52. Actor
Michael Easton is 49. Actress Renee O'Connor ("Xena: Warrior Princess")
is 45. Actress Sarah Wynter ("24") is 43. Singer Brandon Boyd of
Incubus is 40. Drummer Ronnie Vannucci of The Killers is 40. Singer
Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes is 36. Guitarist Gary Clark Junior is 32.
Actress Natalie Morales ("Trophy Wife") is 31. Actress Amber Riley
("Glee") is 30.
